by Pier Marton | Oct 1, 2011 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Eco, Health, History, Humor, Magyar, Popular, Women
[Update: Hedda Bolgar dies at 103] An earlier story by Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times. Appears in the documentary “The Beauty of Aging” (trailer below) EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Sep 26, 2011 | Antisemitism, Death, Ego, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars
As a Swedish diplomat in Hungary during WWII, he saved 20,000 Jews (among whom two of my aunts). In Haaretz (AP) Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews before vanishing into Soviet captivity, may have been alive after the official 1947 date of...
by Pier Marton | Sep 23, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Doc, Human Rights, Jewish, Podcasts(E), Politics, Racism, Shoah, Theater, Wars, Women
8 hours to try to capture 871 pages… As podcasts for less than 27 days. With Kenneth Branagh and David Tennant. An introduction to Grossman and to the radio drama, both in the Guardian. http://youtu.be/tJgAr1nruKE EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Sep 20, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Doc, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Shoah
The lawyer who in 1931 cross-examined Hitler for three hours… http://youtu.be/f675ltpoeCE Benjamin Hett’s page, the historian behind the book: Crossing Hitler: The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand. From the book: “Nothing that Hitler and...
by Pier Marton | Sep 18, 2011 | Antisemitism, Future Tech, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Spectacle, Travel, Wars
Merci Nadine. EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Sep 14, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Spectacle, Wars
Vote HERE. On September 14, an Israeli Peace Coalition put together a list of 50 reasons to support a unilateral decision for Palestinian state (cf. Gideon Levy in Haaretz: Israel does not want a Palestinian state. Period.) Abbas would be a gift, were Israel not held...